
Cinema of the Damned
A directory of horror — thousands of films and series, each scored by the Crypt Score, our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and the reviews of this coven. Hunt by sub-genre, decade, or dread.
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Knife Edge
›2009 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 90m · Natalie Press, Hugh Bonneville, Tamsin Egerton
A successful Wall Street trader returns to England with her new husband and five-year-old son, but their new start together turns into a nightmare when they move into a country house which contains a terrible secret.

The Unwanted
›NR2014 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 95m · Hannah Fierman, Christen Orr, William Katt
Carmilla comes to a rural town where her mother mysteriously disappeared years earlier. She is aided in her quest by an emotionally troubled local girl, with whom she becomes romantically involved. Their relationship ignites the wrath of the girl's father, who holds the key to the dreadful truth Carmilla is seeking. Inspired by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's famed Gothic novella.

The Banishing
›NR2021 · Horror · 97m · Jessica Brown Findlay, John Heffernan, John Lynch
In the 1930s, a young reverend and his family are forced to confront their worst fears when they discover their new home holds a horrifying secret.

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
›R2003 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 88m · Lisa Brenner, Steven Brand, Kate Burton
Set at the turn of the century, this is the tale of Ellen Rimbauer who just received this mysterious mansion as a wedding gift from her new husband...

Gut
›2012 · Thriller, Drama, Horror · 91m · Jason Vail, Nicholas Wilder, Sarah Schoofs
Something is missing in Tom's life. His marriage has lost its spark, his job is suffocating him, and his childhood best friend Dan still clings to the past. Every day he goes through the motions, becoming increasingly detached from those around him. Dan has the solution... something Tom's got to see to believe... tonight. What Dan shows him leaves Tom unsettled, flooding his mind with disturbing images, and binding the two friends together with its ugly secret.

Dark House
›R2014 · Horror, Thriller · 102m · Tobin Bell, Luke Kleintank, Zack Ward
A young man sets out on a trip that takes him to an abandoned mansion that holds the origins of his dark family legacy.

Rites of Spring
›2012 · Horror, Thriller, Drama · 81m · Katherine Randolph, Anessa Ramsey, AJ Bowen
A ransom scheme turns into a nightmare for a group of kidnappers who become victims of a horrifying secret that must be paid every spring.

The Brotherhood
›2001 · Horror · 86m · Sam Page, Josh Hammond, Bradley Stryker
A college freshman goes to a frat party and wakes up with a strange thirst for blood. He soon discovers the fraternity is actually secret society of vampires and that he is their newest recruit.

Spirit Trap
›R2005 · Thriller, Horror · 91m · Billie Piper, Luke Mably, Sam Troughton
When five young students move into an old unoccupied mansion an inexplicable chain of events is set into motion as a mysterious spirit clock begins to tick again. As the story unfolds, revealing each student's dark secrets, the boundary between the real world and the afterlife is no longer clear. Will they find a way to escape or will they be trapped with the spirits forever?

Splintered
›2010 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Sacha Dhawan, Sadie Pickering, Jonathan Readwin
Sophie is a troubled young girl, haunted by the abuse she suffered as a child and harbouring a deep fascination with the unexplained. In the hope of satiating her obsession with the latter, she instigates a trip to the Welsh countryside with four friends, aimed at tracking down the legendary Beast of Bodmin. It seems the mythical creature – often thought to be a large wildcat or fox – has caught the public's attention once more thanks to a spate of attacks on livestock and one local farmer. Armed with a video camera and a case of beer, the group head off into the woods but they soon uncover much more than they bargained for, with Sophie falling foul of a mysterious madman who locks her away in an apparent attempt to protect her from some unnamed terror.

All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos
›2005 · Horror · 88m · Marisa Ramirez, Travis Wester, Nichole Hiltz
During a Day of the Dead celebration, the dead come to life to prey upon the living. In the remote Mexican village of Santa Bonita, a nightmare lay buried for over a century. But when a group of hard-partying students from the OC are stranded in this strange town, they discover an innkeeper with a dark secret a sheriff with a shocking past and a holiday that demands the most horrific sacrifice of all. Now the ceremony can commence. The hordes of the undead have been unleashed. And on this day, an unstoppable feast of human flesh has begun!

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
›R2005 · Horror, Mystery · 93m · Kate Mara, Robert Vito, Tina Lifford
On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.

Lemon Tree Passage
›2014 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 84m · Jessica Tovey, Nicholas Gunn, Pippa Black
An Australian urban legend comes screaming on the Ozploitation scene. It’s said that if you drive down the creepy road of Lemon Tree Passage, and witness a sudden flash of light in the trees, you'll be forever haunted by the tormented spirit of a man killed by thrill speeding teenagers. Wanting to put this old wives’ tale to the test, a car-load of non-believers take the supposedly cursed journey and do indeed see a strange manifestation. But it’s not the one of popular myth - this sudden possession of one of their number involves another altogether more shocking crime. That of a young girl raped and murdered on the same stretch of highway. As one urban legend trumps another, the scared passengers must sort out the facts of both cases before vengeful justice from beyond the grave can be meted out with moody atmosphere, ghostly thrills and supernatural suspense.

Lake Eerie
›NR2016 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 104m · Lance Henriksen, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Betsy Baker
A young widow moves into an old house on Lake Erie to recover from the sudden loss of her husband; however, she soon discovers a dark secret and that she is not alone.

11:11
›2004 · Horror, Thriller · 95m · Paul Dzenkiw, Laura Mennell, Kristina Copeland
Eighteen years after the murder of her parents, Sara Tobias searches for the meaning of the numbers '11:11' that was scratched in blood beside her mother's body. Following three sudden murders, supernatural events are unleashed as she gets closer to the truth.

The Hatred
›R2017 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Sarah Davenport, Andrew Divoff, Darby Walker
Four young women travel to their college professor's new country home for a weekend getaway, only to discover that the house has a malevolent past.

No Tell Motel
›NR2012 · Horror · 83m · Chalie Howes, Johnny Hawkes, Andrew MacFarlane
Dirty little secrets are exposed when five friends become stranded at an abandoned motel haunted by a dark secret of its own.

Bloody Murder
›R2000 · Horror, Thriller · 88m · Jessica Morris, Peter Guillemette, Patrick Cavanaugh
Julie McConnell is one of a dozen camp counselors working to re-open a summer camp when a series of murders and disappearances begin commited by a hockey masked killer who may be the urban legend killer Trevor Moorehouse. When Julie looks into the murders by herself, she finds that she may be the killer's next target when she gets too close to some dark secrets of the camp which may lead to the killer's identity.

The Haunting of Molly Hartley
›PG-132008 · Drama, Horror · 82m · Haley Bennett, Jake Weber, Chace Crawford
When teenage Molly Hartley moves to a new town, she's haunted by terrifying visions that may have to do with dark secrets from her past. Something evil lurks just beneath the lush surfaces of her private-school world, and it holds the rights to her very soul. On the eve of her 18th birthday, Molly is about to discover the truth of just who or what she is destined to become.

The Amityville Asylum
›R2013 · Horror · 88m · Sophia Del Pizzo, Ina Marie Smith, Sarah Louise Madison
Lisa Templeton begins a new job as a cleaner at High Hopes Hospital, a mental institution in Amityville, Long Island. Initially delighted to get the job, Lisa soon realises that all is not as it seems. Intimidated by staff and the psychotic ramblings of the patients, she is further unnerved by apparent supernatural occurrences on the night shift. To preserve her sanity Lisa must uncover the mysterious history of the institution and it's inmates. But the truth is far more terrifying than she could ever imagine.

Darkness Rising
›2017 · Horror · 81m · Tara Holt, Bryce Johnson, Katrina Law
Nearly murdered as a child by her mother, a woman (Katrina Law) returns to the house where her mom went mad.






















